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Letters Patent No. 94,301, dated August 31, 1,8159.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-SEED AND CRN-PLANTER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parte! thesame.

To all whom it may concern: Y.

Be it known that I, JOHN G. B. GILL, oi Ghesnut Grove, in the district'of Chester, and State of South Carolina, have invented a new andimproved Cotton- Seed and Corn-Planter; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact vdescription thereof, which willenable others vskilled in the ait to make and use the same, reference,being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of vthisspecitication, in which- I Figure 1 is a detail sectional View of myimproved machine, taken through the line x :l: of iig.y 2.

Figure 2 is a top view of the same. A

Figure 3 is a detail nting-\vhecls.

v or fertilizer is put. f Y

b is the bottom of the hopper, in the rear middle Vpart of which isformed a slot, to receive the upper part of the distributing orplanting-wheel C..

The wheel O is detachably attached .to lthe shaft D, which works inhearings, attached tothe 'axne A in such a position that the upper sideof the wheel C may enter the slot in the vhopper-bottom b', to receivethe seedand convey it to the conductor-spout-,by which it When themachine is used for planting cotton-seed, the face of the wheel C isgrooved, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, and lin the groove th'us formed aresecured spikes, which take hold of the cottonseed and drawit out. c

For planting corn, Ythe wheel E is luse'd, having square recesses formedin its face at suitable distances apart, which receive the seed andconvey it to the conductor-spout.

The amount of seed carried out by the wheel is regulated by the slideF,vpla'ced in a groove in the rear side of the hopper D, and the lowergend of which passes down, so as tov close, more or less,l the openingin the rear part of the hopper, through which the dropping-wheel conveysthe seed to the conductor-spout.

To one end of :the shaft D is attached 'a pulley, G,' x

Side view of 'one ofthe distrib- Similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding around which, and around the pulley H, attached to the endof the journal of the covering roller, passes a. band, I.

J is the covering-roller, which also serves as the drive-wheel, and thejournals of which revolve in bear ings attached to the rear part of theframe A.

rIhe face of the wheel or roller J is deeply grooved,

stirrer-shaft K, is attached, orA upon it is formed a y crank, M, to thecrank-pin of which is pivoted the upper end of. the pitman N, the lowerend of which Vis pivoted tothe crank-pin ofthecrank O, formed upon orattached to the end of the shaft D;

The cranks M and O, should he made of unequal length, so that' thesiirrer-shaft K may be rocked by the revolution of the shaft D.

P is the conductor-spout, which is attached to the lower end ofthehopper B in such a position as to receive the seed from-the wheel C orE, and conduct it to the furrow, and the rear part of'which is so formedthat the operator can see the seed as it passes from n said wheel tosaid spout.

'- Q is the plow that opens the furrow, t-o receive the seed, and theupper end of the standard of .which is securely attached tc the forwardpart of the 'frame A. R is the draught-hook, which may he formed uponthev upper end ofthe plow-standard Q, or attached Vto v the forward partof the frame Anas may he desired or convenient.

S are the handles, by means of which the machin is guided, and which areattached to the rear part of the frame A, as shown in figs. l and 2.-

Having thus described my invention, y 1 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The combination of the planting or drillwheel,provided with grooves and iron spikes upon its periphery, with theslide, to-regulate the supply of seed,- as and for the purposespecified..

JOHN G. B. GILL.l

Witnesses:

J Atras W. Ken, B. M GRIFFIN..

